WEBVTT COVERAGE YOU CAN COUNT ON.PSHELLY: CRIMINAL CASES STACKINGPUP WHILE THIEVES AND KILLERS AREPSET FREE.PTHE DA'S OFFICE SAYS IT'S TOOPOVERHWHELMED TO KEEP UP.PAND WITHOUT PROSECUTIONS, THEPPROBLEM COULD BE HARD TO STOP.PDOUG: THE NEW D.A. CALLS IT APCRISIS.PTONIGHT, HE GAVE TARGET 7'SPNANCY LAFLIN AN EXCLUSIVE LOOKPBEHIND CLOSED DOORS SOMETHINGPYOU MIGHT CALL SHOCKING.PNANCY: THIS IS A PLACE MOSTPPEOPLE NEVER SEE.PBUT WHAT HAPPENS HERE HAS APDIRECT IMPACT ON YOU.P>> PART OF THE CHALLENGE ISP, FRANKLY THE PHYSICAL SPACEP, WE'RE DEALING WITH. PNANCY: ACTION 7 NEWS GOT ANPEXCLUSIVE LOOK INSIDE THEPBERNALILLO COUNTY DISTRICTPATTORNEY'S OFFICE.PTHERE ARE BOXES AND BOXES OF OLDPCASES PILED UP.PSOME FROM THE 1990'S.P>> WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE AREPSOME CASE FILES THAT HAVE BEENPIN THE OFFICE FOR YEARS. PNANCY: RAUL TORREZ TOOK OVERPTHIS OFFICE LAST MONTH.PWALKING INTO THIS.PWHAT WE ALSO SAW A LOT OF EMPTYP, DESKS.P>> WE DON'T HAVE THE PEOPLE THATPWE NEED THE NUMBER OF FOLKS THATP, WE NEED TO HANDLE THESE CASES.PPNANCY: TORREZ SAYS ONE OF HISPFIRST GOALS IS TO HIRE MOREPPEOPLE.PHE SAYS HE NEEDS AT LEAST 20PMORE ATTORNEYS TO HANDLE THEPCASELOAD.PABOUT THE 25,000 CASES EVERYPYEAR.P>> WE ARE STRUGGLING QUITEPHONESTLY TO KEEP PACE WITH THEPVIOLENT CRIME CASE LOAD AND THEPREPEAT PROPERTY OFFENDERS. PNANCY: HE'S AFRAID SUSPECTS AREPFALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS.PRIGHT NOW THERE'S NO SYSTEM INP, PLACE TO TRACK OR FLAG REPEATPVIOLENT OFFENDERS.PHE SAYS HIS CURRENT BUDGET ISPSTRETCHED SO THIN STAFFERS AREP, OFTEN PAYING FOR SOME SUPPLIESPOUT OF THEIR OWN POCKETS.P>> THIS IS NOTHING SHORT OF APCRISIS.PNANCY: TONIGHT AT THE ROUNDHOUSEPHE BEGGED FOR MORE MONEY TELLINGPLAWMAKER ALBUQUERQUE IS TOPPINGPA LOT OF LISTS, AND NOT IN APGOOD WAY.PNUMBER ONE IN THE NATION IN AUTOPTHEFTS.P>> WHEN YOU TURN ON THE NEWS YOUPSEE IT.PVIOLENT CRIME IS OUT OF CONTROL.PCHILD ABUSE IS OUT OF CONTROL.PNANCY: BUT TORREZ KNOWS THIS ISPAN UPHILL BATTLE.PNOT ONLY TRYING TO REDUCE THEPCRIME IN ALBUQUERQUE, BUTPGETTING THE MONEY FROM SANTA FEPTO DO IT.